Queen's home movies that made Wills and Harry gasp

Wherever she goes it is always at hand, the last thing to be packed away in her travelling bag and the first to be taken out. Ever since her father gave her a Box Brownie before World War II, a camera has been as indispensable a part of the Queen’s life as her famous handbag.

When the technology advanced, so, too, did the Queen, becoming a proficient user of the cine camera. And she has demonstrated an effortless knack of capturing her family at their most informal and most relaxed.

The ageing cine film was made available to the BBC for a remarkable family tribute shown last night, narrated by Prince Charles.

A joyful Princess Margaret is seen pulling a young Prince Charles in a trolley at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire

The Duke of Edinburgh, who is wearing a kilt, races down a hill at Balmoral Castle on a family holiday to Scotland

The ageing cine film was made available to the BBC for a remarkable family tribute shown last night, narrated by Prince Charles (pictured)

The Queen pushes Princess Margaret on the toy cart at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, as a young Prince Charles smiles, wearing a kilt